01297nam a22001577a 4500 120912t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 055321480 RC263.Si5 Simonton, O. Carl Getting well again: a step-by-step, self-help guide to overcoming cancer for patients and their families. / Carl O. Simonton New York: Bantam Books, 1978. 287 p: 20cm. Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: The mind and cancer: The mind-body connection: A psychological approach to cancer treatment -- The mystries of healing: The individual and his beliefs -- The search for the causes of cancer -- The link between stress and illness -- Personality, stress, and cancer -- Expectations about cancer and their effects on recovery -- A whole-person model of cancer recovery -- Pathways to health: The program: Putting it to work -- Participating in your health -- The ''benefits'' of illness -- Learning to relax and visualize recovery -- The value of positive mental images -- Overcoming resentment -- Creating the future: Setting goals -- Finding your inner guide to health -- Managing pain -- Exercise -- Coping with fears of recurrence and death -- The family support system. lcc BK 2322 9822 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-09-12 0 RC263.Si5 5089/12 2012-09-12 00:00:00 1 2012-09-12 BK